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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and use of cessation services amongst tobacco users who attempted and did not attempt to quit

From: Correlates of tobacco quit attempts and cessation in the adult population of India: secondary analysis of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–10

Covariates

Attempted quitting N = 10,513

No attempts to quit N = 14,662

Bivariate odds ratios

Adjusted odds ratios

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Age group

    

21 to 30 years

2,348 (26)

3,398 (25)

1.02 [0.90-1.14]

0.94 [0.83-1.06]

31 to 40 years

3,048 (27)

4,623 (27)

0.93 [0.84-1.03]

0.87 [0.78-0.97]*

41 to 50 years

2,247 (19)

3,223 (21)

0.87 [0.78-0.98]*

0.83 [0.73-0.93]**

Greater than 50 years

2,870 (28)

3,418 (27)

1.00

1.00

Gender

    

Female

2,847 (25)

4,802 (33)

1.00

1.00

Male

7,666 (75)

9,860 (67)

1.48 [1.36-1.62]***

1.27 [1.15-1.40]***

Educational attainment

    

No formal education

3,212 (37)

5,278 (45)

1.00

1.00

Up to primary

2,943 (28)

4,254 (28)

1.24 [1.12-1.37]***

1.14 [1.02-1.27]*

Up to secondary

3,489 (29)

4,220 (23)

1.61 [1.45-1.78]***

1.45 [1.28-1.64]***

Higher education

845 (6)

858 (4)

2.04 [1.67-2.48]***

1.77 [1.41-2.22]***

Work status

    

Not working

7,313 (67)

10,572 (70)

1.00

1.00

Working

3,178 (33)

4,048 (30)

1.14 [1.04-1.24]**

1.05 [0.96-1.15]

Asset quintile

    

Lowest

2,873 (36)

4,514 (41)

0.60 [0.52-0.70]***

0.82 [0.68-0.98]*

Lower

2,344 (24)

3,318 (24)

0.70 [0.59-0.82]***

0.88 [0.73-1.06]

Middle

2,196 (19)

2,959 (17)

0.75 [0.64-0.89]***

0.90 [0.75-1.08]

Higher

1,839 (13)

2,271 (12)

0.79 [0.66-0.95]*

0.87 [0.72-1.05]

Highest

1,261 (8)

1,600 (6)

1.00

1.00

Place of residence

    

Urban

3,406 (23)

4,399 (21)

1.00

1.00

Rural

7,107 (77)

10,263 (79)

0.88 [0.81-0.95]**

1.07 [0.97-1.17]

Health Care Provider (HCP) advice

    

Not advised to quit tobacco by a HCP

8,340 (80)

12,862 (88)

1.00

1.00

Advised to quit tobacco by a HCP

2,173 (20)

1,800 (12)

1.81 [1.62-2.02]***

1.79 [1.60-2.00]***

Cessation aid used

    

No cessation aid used

9,267 (89.1)

14,662 (100)

-

-

Counseling/Cessation clinic

804 (6.82)

-

-

-

Nicotine replacement therapy

108 (0.74)

-

-

-

Prescription medication

98 (0.72)

-

-

-

Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani Medicinesi

310 (1.16)

-

-

-

Quitline

56 (0.56)

-

-

-

  1. Legend:
  2. Columns [2] and [3] show descriptive statistics of the individual sample from the Indian Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2009–10 data, showing the sample (N) and survey-weighted frequency (%) of attempts to Quit Tobacco among ever tobacco users.
  3. Columns [4] and [5] show bivariate and fully adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (ORs and 95% CI), respectively, from logistic regression analysis of attempts to quit tobacco compared to no attempts based on 25,175 ever tobacco user adults from the Indian Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2009–10 data.
  4. iAyurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani are traditional medicine practices widely used in India.
  5. ***p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.
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